 International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development (IJKBD)
ISSN (Online): 2040-4476 - ISSN (Print): 2040-4468 Published in 4 issues per year (View Subscription Price) Click to download IJKBD leaflet Editors and Editorial Board photo gallery
The last decade has witnessed ongoing intensive debates on the importance of knowledge management for the business world. In recent years, the conventional knowledge management approach has evolved into a strategic management approach that has also spread into other fields. As a result, the new strategic management approach has found application ground and opportunities not only in the business world but also in other areas such as education, urban planning and development, governance and healthcare, and so on. The fact that major international organisations – such as the European Commission, the World Bank, the United Nations, and the OECD – have adopted knowledge management frameworks in their strategic directions focusing on global development, is a clear indication that a strong link has been established between knowledge management and knowledge-based development.
This new link created an appropriate environment for the advent of a new concept in the scientific and practitioners’ communities, the concept of the so-called Knowledge City. At the moment, the theme of the knowledge city is an important focus of interest, discussion and research for many disciplines. When the concept of the knowledge city naturally expanded into city-regions and nations, the wider concept of knowledge-based development became prominent, giving room to the variation of knowledge-based urban (or regional/national) development.
Today, the field of knowledge-based development faces the major challenge of making concrete and relevant contributions to the amelioration of societies (i.e. creating a knowledge society) and not solely to the promotion of competitive advantage for businesses.
IJKBD serves as a multi-disciplinary platform and will adopt a systems approach to the theory and practice of knowledge-based development activities and processes, focusing on knowledge cities and societies, knowledge-based urban development, knowledge and innovation clusters, and knowledge-intensive service activities. As a fully-refereed, international journal that publishes theoretical, experimental, and experiential papers, practice notes, case studies, and innovative methodologies, IJKBD provides a forum for academicians, scientists, practitioners, managers and industry professionals to integrate diversity and fragments of knowledge-based development.
 Objectives
The overall objectives of the journal will consist of:
- strengthening the exchange of knowledge and experience among scholars, researchers, practitioners, managers and urban developers;
- ensuring a better knowledge and understanding of applying knowledge-based development policies;
- contributing to the theorizing of knowledge-based development and creation of knowledge cities and societies; and
- bridging major disciplines, approaches and communities concerned with the knowledge-based development of cities, regions and nations.
The overall purposes of the journal will include:
- creating a large knowledge base for scholars by introducing them to multi-level aspects of knowledge-based development and indicating other areas of fertile research;
- developing scholars’ capacity in the design, implementation and application of knowledge-based development concepts, models, methods, policies for the creation of modern knowledge societies and cities; and
- increasing the awareness of the role of knowledge cities and knowledge societies in the knowledge era, as well as of the challenges and opportunities for future research.
Readership
The target audience of the journal will include:
- academics;
- students;
- researchers;
- practitioners;
- managers;
- decision and policy makers of (non-)government organisations;
- technology solutions developers; and
- urban planners and developers.
Contents
Although the field of knowledge cities as categories of analysis in knowledge-based development has been an active area of research for more than five years – unfortunately, this is not the case for knowledge societies – and significant progress has been achieved, there is not a single comprehensive source of literature available related to the development of a holistic approach in the construction of knowledge cities and societies.
IJKBD will be the major source of modern-day research and practice in the development of knowledge cities and societies, to which many contributors from various countries and disciplines are expected to disseminate their expertise and knowledge through this invaluable journal.
IJKBD will publish theoretical, experimental, and experiential original papers, practice notes, case studies, and innovative methodologies on knowledge-based development, as described above. Special Issues devoted to important topics in knowledge-based development will occasionally be published.
Subject Coverage
There is a significant gap in the literature and market and this journal will contribute towards bridging this gap by being:
- an important contribution to the literature bringing together important issues and addressing them in a trans-disciplinary manner;
- the first journal focusing on such important issues like knowledge cities and societies development, knowledge-based urban development, etc. in a comprehensive and integrated manner;
- a primary resource for the cutting edge research and practice;
- a sole source for comprehensive information on a rapidly expanding field.
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
- Knowledge-based value generation
- Knowledge-based economy
- Knowledge-based urban development
- Knowledge cities and regions
- Knowledge societies
- Multi-level approach to knowledge-based development
- Global best practices in knowledge-based development
- Knowledge and innovation clusters
- Knowledge-economy, assets and capital systems
- Knowledge-intensive service activities
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors,
sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are
available on the Submission of
Papers web-page.
To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers
AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS THROUGH THE ON LINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THEIR PAPERS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com,
describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.
Editors and Members of the Editorial Board
Editor(s) in Chief Francisco Javier Carrillo
Center for Knowledge Systems, CKS
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Monterrey Campus
E. Garza Sada 2501 Sur
Monterrey 64849, N.L.
MEXICO
fjcarrillo@itesm.mx
Kostas Metaxiotis
University of Pireaus
Department of Informatics
80, Karaoli & Dimitriou str.
18534 Pireaus
GREECE
kmetax@epu.ntua.gr
Tan Yigitcanlar
Queensland University of Technology
School of Urban Development
2 George Street
Brisbane QLD 4001
AUSTRALIA
tan.yigitcanlar@qut.edu.au
Editorial Assistant Kostas Ergazakis
National Technical University of Athens
GREECE International Advisory and Review Board Alias Abdullah
International Islamic University Malaysia
MALAYSIA Katariina Ala-Rämi
University of Oulu
FINLAND Surinder Batra
Institute of Managament Technology
INDIA Scott Baum
Griffith University
AUSTRALIA Robert Beauregard
Columbia University
USA Nick Bontis
McMaster University
CANADA David Charles
Curtin University of Technology
AUSTRALIA Anna Clua
University of Catalonia
SPAIN Shelda Debowski
University of Western Australia
AUSTRALIA Mark Dodgson
University of Queensland
AUSTRALIA Leif Edvinsson
University of Lund
SWEDEN John Eger
San Diego State University
USA Dean Forbes
Flinders University
AUSTRALIA Peter Franz
Halle Institute for Economic Research
GERMANY Blanca C. Garcia
Northern Borderlands Research College, Colef
MEXICO Cathy Garner
Manchester Knowledge-City Programme
UK Albert I. Goldberg
Israel Institute of Technology
ISRAEL Greg Hearn
Queensland University of Technology
AUSTRALIA Kenneth Husted
The University of Auckland
NEW ZEALAND Tommi Inkinen
University of Helsinki
FINLAND Karmen Jelcic
Intellectual Capital Centre
CROATIA Gülgün Kayakutlu
Istanbul Technical University
TURKEY Tschangho John Kim
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA Richard Knight
Civic Process
USA Sang-Ho Lee
National Hanbat University
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF Antti Lönnqvist
Tampere University of Technology
FINLAND Ana Maria Maldonado
Delft University of Technology
NETHERLANDS Karen Manley
Queensland University of Technology
AUSTRALIA Cristina Martinez-Fernandez
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, LEED Division (Local Economic and Employment Development)
FRANCE Nicholas C. Maynard
RAND Corporation
USA Max Nathan
Institute for Public Policy Research
UK Zorica Nedovic-Budic
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA Rachel Parker
Queensland University of Technology
AUSTRALIA Edna Pasher
Edna Pasher and Associates
ISRAEL Katia Passerini
New Jersey Institute of Technology
USA Beth Perry
University of Salford
UK Rabee Reffat
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
SAUDI ARABIA Enrico Scarso
Università di Padova
ITALY Giovanni Schiuma
University of Basilicata
ITALY Glen Searle
University of Queensland
AUSTRALIA J.C. Spender
Lund University
SWEDEN Toshiko Takenaka
University of Washington
USA Eduardo Tome
Lusíada de Famalicão University
PORTUGAL Remy Tremblay
University of Quebec at Montreal
CANADA Joris Van Wezemael
University of Fribourg
SWITZERLAND Willem Van Winden
Erasmus University Rotterdam
NETHERLANDS Koray Velibeyoglu
Izmir Institute of Technology
TURKEY José Viedma
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
SPAIN Guido Vonk
University of Utrecht
NETHERLANDS Caroline Wong
University of Queensland
AUSTRALIA Lan Xue
Tsinghua University
P.R. CHINA Edmund J. Zolnik
George Mason University
USA Editorial Board Members Ahmed BounfourAh
University of Paris-Sud
FRANCE Jay ChatzkelJa
Progressive Practices
USA Rashid KausarRa
University of Management and Technology
PAKISTAN Klaus R. KunzmannKl
Technical University of Dortmund
GERMANY Jane MarceauJa
University of New South Wales
AUSTRALIA Jorge NiosiJo
University Québec Montréal
CANADA Kevin O'ConnorKe
University of Melbourne
AUSTRALIA Eric TsuiEr
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HONG KONG (CHINA)
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